on a bus tour today. he was with his son in texas as he underwent surgery. he spoke of it for the first time today. i just want y all to know since you asked about my son. it s not only good to be here, but things are good in delaware. my son beau is fine, sends his love. he wanted me to say hello to all of you and he wanted to be with his colleague kathleen, the attorney general of the state of pennsylvania. he s doing well. he s getting back to work. the president s bus tour is somewhat reminiscent of the campaign trail and cnns senior white house correspondent is here with the details. jim, you have followed him for a long time today.
chris christie and rand paul. paul said there is room for everyone in the gop he and the governor won t be agreeing any time soon. the party in the northeast is shrinking almost down to nothing. they need to be looking to people with new and different ideas. what i would say is that there is room for people who believe in bigger government in our party and i think that, you know, some of the things that he seems to have promoted make us believe that, well, he thinks that there is a lot more spending that could go on. at the end of the week, president obama is kicking off a bus tour to focus on the economy, but he ll have company. the conservative group heritage action for america is starting its own bus tour today. its focus is defund obama care. her staj foundation president jim demint is leading the tour which kicks off today in fayetteville, arkansas. bob filner is expected to return to work today in san diego following his stint in therapy after 16 women accused
state and local governments. it s going to be very important that populations in all the impacted states take this seriously. listen to your state and local elected officials. my message to the governors as well as to the mayors is anything they need, we will be there. we re going to dut through red tape and not get bogged down with a lot of rules. we want to make sure we re anticipating and leaning forward. meanwhile the afternoon governor romney joining his running mate at a rally in toledo, ohio, on their bus tour today. a romney campaign senior advisor also announced a short time ago that the campaign is going to stop sending fund-raising appeals to the northeast states affected by the looming hurricane. florida senator marco rubio s 12-year-old daughter is in this hospital after a golf cart accident in miami yesterday. at the time of the accident the republican senator was on the
morning. this is exciting. new jersey governor, chris christie, will keynote the address on the second night of the convention in tampa. yes, mitt romney spent the day in florida as abc s david muir reports. reporter: mitt romney in what many believe is the must-win state of florida celebrating his new pick. i m delighted to have picked as my running mate, paul ryan, a great leader. reporter: where was paul ryan? the same place the president was headed, iowa. good to meet you. i heard that president obama is starting his bus tour today. and i heard he wasn t going to come to the iowa state fair. reporter: it was not long before ryan was interrupted. [ yelling ] reporter: this protester bringing up the controversial budget plan that would change medicare to a voucher-like system. you could shop for your own health care. one woman trying to claim on to the famous iowa soapbox removed quickly by security. paul ryan pressed forward, suggesting to fair-goers what they should
the convention in tampa. yes, mitt romney spent the day in florida as abc s david muir reports. reporter: mitt romney in what many believe is the must-win state of florida celebrating his new pick. i m delighted to have picked as my running mate, paul ryan, a great leader. reporter: where was paul ryan? the same place the president was headed, iowa. good to meet you. i heard that president obama is starting his bus tour today. and i heard he wasn t going to come to the iowa state fair. reporter: it was not long before ryan was interrupted. [ yelling ] reporter: this protester bringing up the controversial budget plan that would change medicare to a voucher-like system. you could shop for your own health care. one woman trying to claim on to the famous iowa soapbox removed quickly by security. paul ryan pressed forward, suggesting to fair-goers what they should ask the president instead. you might ask him the same question i m getting asked from people all around america